Confined Space, Steel Erection and HAZWOPER Training questions for the CHST

Question 1

A remediation contractor hires an experienced hazardous waste worker who holds a certificate from a prior employer showing training equivalent to the initial HAZWOPER training. The worker is new to the contractor's clean-up site and is scheduled to enter the exclusion zone on his first morning. The site manager believes the certificate alone is enough, so no further site training is needed. Which action is required?

1. AAllow entry now, because the certificate waives all training requirements for the worker
2. BRepeat the full initial training course because certificates from other employers are not valid
3. CGive the worker appropriate site-specific training before site entry and supervised field experience at the new site
4. DProvide only the annual eight-hour refresher before the worker enters the site

Question 2

A contractor is starting cleanup of a site contaminated with hazardous substances. A new general laborer will be removing contaminated soil. The site supervisor proposes sending the laborer to work immediately alongside experienced workers and arranging classroom training "sometime during the first month." Based on the HAZWOPER training rule, what is the correct response?

1. ANot acceptable only for supervisors, since laborers may be trained after starting work.
2. BAcceptable, because laborers need training only if they operate heavy equipment.
3. CNot acceptable, because employees may not take part in field activities until trained to the level their job function requires.
4. DAcceptable, as long as an experienced worker stays with the laborer during the first month.

Question 3

A land surveyor employed by a subcontractor will spend two days on a hazardous waste cleanup site staking boundary points. Site characterization shows she is unlikely to be exposed above permissible or published exposure limits, and she will not return after the task is finished. She has completed 24 hours of off-site HAZWOPER instruction. What else must she receive before working on site?

1. ANothing further; 24 hours of instruction alone is sufficient for occasional site workers
2. BThree days of supervised field experience, as required for general site workers
3. CAn additional 16 hours of classroom instruction and two days of field experience
4. DA minimum of one day of actual field experience under the direct supervision of a trained, experienced supervisor